I did it! I’m on a mission to read the most hyped YA books and I finally made it to TFiOS. I’m not going to review this in the traditional sense, but here are my impressions and thoughts on one of the most buzzed books of the last 2 years.
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This is How The World Ends: 2013 Book Series Enders
In 2011 we were newbie book bloggers not sure where to start in the new world of YA fiction. Soon we got swept up into four debut YA series that have followed us on our blogging journey. As Books and Sensibility grew these series continued to keep us guessing at how it was going to end.
Reviewing third books is hard, so we are going to review these final books as they relate to the series as a whole and give a final verdict on if we think the series is worth getting the whole box set or stopping book 1. And of course, these will be SPOILER FREE REVIEWS.
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Audiobook Reviews: The David Levithan and Rachel Cohn Novels
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| Join Kat as she reads the works of YA author, David Levithan from his debut novel to his National Book Award shortlisted novel, Two Boys Kissing. See more here ! |
I’m pretty sure David Levithan has more “and” credits than any other YA author. He has co-written with popular YA authors including; Brian Selznick, John Green and Andrea Creamer. I’ll be exploring these books in the next few weeks, but I’m starting with his most frequent partner in crime; Rachel Cohn, a veteran YA author herself.
Cohn and Levithan write stories that are all about romance and love, but their unique storytelling methods bring something new to the genre. Their writing aesthetics work wonderfully together and I really hope we see more from them in the future. This week I have reviewed the audiobook versions all of their collabs.
Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist (2006)
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Audiobook Review: Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
“It’s like being in love, discovering your best friend.”
― Elizabeth Wein, Code Name Verity
- Release Date: February 6th 2012
- Publisher: Egmont Press
- Genre: Historical Fiction
- Hours: 10 hours 7 minutes
Synopsis: I have two weeks. You’ll shoot me at the end no matter what I do.
That’s what you do to enemy agents. It’s what we do to enemy agents. But I look at all the dark and twisted roads ahead and cooperation is the easy way out. Possibly the only way out for a girl caught red-handed doing dirty work like mine — and I will do anything, anything, to avoid SS-Hauptsturmführer von Linden interrogating me again.
He has said that I can have as much paper as I need. All I have to do is cough up everything I can remember about the British War Effort. And I’m going to. But the story of how I came to be here starts with my friend Maddie. She is the pilot who flew me into France — an Allied Invasion of Two.
We are a sensational team
Wow. Just Wow. Code Name Verity is one of those books that everyone raves about and you know what? They have good reason to. Code Name Verity is an amazing story and the audiobook version does this novel so much justice, I can’t recommend it enough. Between this and Out of The Easy, I just may have a new thing for historical YAs….
Audiobook Review : The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
“Gansey, that’s all there is.”
– Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven Boys
- Release Date : 9/18/2012
- Genre : Urban Fantasy
- Publisher : Scholastic
- Length : 11 hours 18 minutes
Synopsis: It is freezing in the churchyard, even before the dead arrive.Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue herself never sees them-not until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks directly to her. His name is Gansey, and Blue soon discovers that he is a rich student at Aglionby, the local private school. Blue has a policy of staying away from Aglionby boys. Known as Raven Boys, they can only mean trouble.But Blue is drawn to Gansey, in a way she can’t entirely explain. He has it all-family money, good looks, devoted friends-but he’s looking for much more than that. He is on a quest that has encompassed three other Raven Boys
Going in to The Raven Boys I heard a lot of good things from other bloggers and based on Kat’s review I had pretty high expectations, all of which were met. The Raven Boys reads like a modern-day fairytale. In the small town of Henrietta, Virginia three boys who attend the elite Aglionby Academy and a psychic’s daughter embark upon a clandestine quest into the mystical, occult and magic; lead by the enigmatic Richard Gansey III….
Head to Head Audiobook Review : Scarlet vs. Prodigy
Young rulers, fugitives on the run and war on the horizon. The Legend by Marie Lu and Cinder by Marissa Meyer audio books wow’d the contributors at Book sand Sensibility last year with their intriguing worlds, complex story lines and smart plotting. In 2013, both series debuted their second installments and I’m ready to see how these sequels hold up to their predecessors.
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